Track needed for future BMX stars

“Still no reply from British Cycling.

Mainy, out of interest why do you take your kids to Exeter rather than Decoy?

I see that they have got a winter series at Exeter, might try and get up for it.

Blackpot, if you want to talk about niche sports- check out the two baseball diamonds at the end of central park. Indeed, how many people within the UK are currently involved in competitive diving?

For the record, the area I noted previously as being a good site actually falls within home park not central park and is currently pretty much out of bounds unless you climb over the broken sections of fence.”

“stussydaz,if you read my post you will see that i said i would support a BMX track in a suitable ,so no,im not looking at the small picture.However i do question whether BMX really has enough of a following to make it viable in a location like Plymouth.so until more work was done,my support would be tentative.”

“Thanks, ive messaged the link you gave just have to wait and see what happens. hopefully someone will get back to me soon. ill keep you posted.”

“Might be worth contacting these people: http://tinyurl.com/cxskytb

No response from British Cycling yet.”

“@blackpot

think you looking at the small picture here, the suggestion of central park is purely that a suggestion if you were to read further below, a site in plympton was mentioned or do you want a cafe on the former super bowl site as well ?

the post's here at the moment are people thinking out loud on how were could go about starting a bmx club / track”

“Penninsula...well if you want to go down that route,unless im mistaken a BMX track is just a tad larger than your average cafe,or am i wrong,right,thats that stupid comment dealt with.
Mainly.......i totally respect where your coming from and think its great your kids are into a healthy and decent pastime/sport,but we can't have every sport here,and we now have that hideous yellow monstrosity to look at.I would certainly support a BMX track situated somewhere else suitable in the area,just not in Central Park.”

“"I would object to the BMX track ,i dont want to see more of the park gobbled up,the land of the old centre should be landscaped.BMX is a niche sport as well.
What i would like to see is a cafe in the park for starters."

Moreover, you don't want to see "more of the park gobbled up" by a BMX track, but would be happy for a cafe to be built so the land could be "gobbled up".”

“"I would object to the BMX track ,i dont want to see more of the park gobbled up,the land of the old centre should be landscaped.BMX is a niche sport as well.
What i would like to see is a cafe in the park for starters"

Doesn't necessarily have to be in the park. There are cafe's within the life-centre and one at the pitch and put hut.”

“@blackpot
im guessing you have never been to a regional or national bmx event. watching kids as young as 3 learn to ride the track,having fun and making new friends while keeping fit.my children have been doing it for 4 years now and its part of are life.as it is to hundreds of other families across britain. Ive taking several of my daughters friends to exeter with us for practice becuase they wanted to try it out.they loved it. A city the size of plymouth would produce some awesome riders of all ages.

As for having a velodrome i cant comment as i know nothing about the sport or area needed for a track but it would be great to have both.
Could be a scaled down version of the national cycling centre in manchester.”

“I would object to the BMX track ,i dont want to see more of the park gobbled up,the land of the old centre should be landscaped.BMX is a niche sport as well.
What i would like to see is a cafe in the park for starters.”